Device for fastening shades to rollers.



G. W. FOUNTAIN & S. H. HOOK.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING SHADES TO ROLLERS. APPLICATION FILED IEB.9, 1912.

1,040,922. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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GEORGE W. FOUNTAIN ANLD SAMUEL HOOK. 0F CAMERON, MISSOURI.

DEVICE FOR FASTENING SHADES TO ROLLERS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we. Gnonon lV. Form- PAIN and SAMUEL H. liloon.citizens of the 1 United States. and residents of Cameron, in the countyof Clinton and State of Missouri, have invented a new and ImprovedDevice for Fastening Shades to Rollers, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to devices for fastening shades to rollers, and ithas for its object to providean elongated flexible fas' tener withprojections on one face for engaging the shade and the roller, therebeing a slot at one end of the fastener, in which a pointed terminalatthe other end of the fastener is normally disposed and turned over, forholding the fastener around the rollerand an end of the shade, thefastener being provided with laterally extending shoulders for engagingand holding the Additional objects of the invention will appear in thefollowing complete specification, in which the preferred form of theinvention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspomlingparts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the fastenerfor holding the ends of the shadesto shade rollers; Fig. 2 is afragmentary view of a shade showing how the laterally extendingshoulders on the fastener engage the shade and limit the movement of thefastener through the opening in the shade through which the fastenerextends; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 9.: Fig. 4L is asectional view on the line 4- ofFig. 2-and Fig. 5 is a view showing thefastener. By seen that the fastener 5 has end 7 the end 8 of fastenerbeing referring to the drawings it will be a slot 6 at the pointed.

5 has laterally extending shoulders 9. and holes are punched in thefastener 5, forming the projections 10 for engaging the shade ll. andthe shade roller 12. to prevent the fastener 5 from slipping relativelyto the shade and shade roller.

In using the invention the curtain 11 is first placed on the shaderoller 12, with the edge of the shade disposed half-way around- Thefastener 5 is then taken between the thumb and forefinger, about anSpecification of Letters Patent.

' downwardly Patented Oct. 8, 19.1.2.

Application filed February 9, 1912. Serial No. 676,522.

inch and a half from the point of the fastener with the rough sides nextto the roller. The point. 8 of the fastener is disposed and is pushedthrough the back of the shade, the fastener hit: its pointed end 8passing between the under part of the shade roller 12 and the shade. Thefastener 5 is then pushed through the shade until the shoulders 9 comein contact with the shade. The pointed end S of the fas tener 5 isthenbrought up and is disposed through the slot 6, and the fastener 5 isdrawn by, the pointed end 8 until it is dis" osed tight around the endof the shade 11 and the shade roller 12. The pointed end S of thefastener 5 is then bent down and pressed close to the bodyof thefastener 5. We prefer to use,threeof these fasteners 5 with a shade ofordinary size. the middle fastener 5 being first secured around the endof the shade and the shade roller, and the end fasteners 5 being thensecured in position.

Having thus described our invention. we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. In a device for fastening shades to rollers. an elongated flexiblemember having projections on one face. and a slot at one end, the otherend being adapted to be disposed through the slot. and be turned over tohold the elongated flexible member around the shade roller.

2. In a device for fastening shades to rollers. an elongated flexiblemember with a pointed end. adapted to pierce a shade and having alateral proiectionfor limiting the passage of the member through theshade. the member having a slotv in which the pointed end of the membermay be inserted and bent over when the member has been bent around theshade roller.

To a device for fastening shades to rollers. an elongated flexiblemember with an end adaptedto be disposed through an opening in a shadeand having a lateral proje tion for limiting the passage of the memberthrough the shade. the member having a slot in which the end of themember may be inserted and bent over when the member has been bentaround a shade roller.

4. In a device for fastening shades to rollcrs. an elongated flexiblemember with a roughened face adapted to engage a shade and shade roller.the flexible member having a pointed end adapted to pierce a she tileand having a lateral projection for limiting the In testimony whereof wehave signed our passage of the member through the shade, names to thisspecification in the presence of 10 the member having a slot in whichthe two subscribing witnesses.

"med end of the member may be, inserted GEGRGE V. FOUNTAIN.

bent over when the member hasrbeen SAMUEL H. HOOK.

hert around the end of a shade and the Witnesses:

shade roller, with the roughened face en- LAURENCE L. SPORE gaging thesaid shade and shade roller. A FRED S. BROWN.

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